Position
Drop the jaw and keep the tongue forward.
Phoneme AE
How to pronounce /æ/ (AE) in English
Drop the jaw and keep the tongue forward. cat, bad, man are useful examples for locking in the sound.
How to articulate it
Typical mistake
Spanish speakers often collapse it toward /e/ or an open /a/.
Example words
cat · bad · man
Typical error and minimal pairs
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